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Photos of the Week: Jan. 30, 2023
Interreligious dialogue leads to care for planet, pope tells Buddhists
Welcoming a delegation of Cambodian Buddhists to the Vatican Jan. 19, the pope called for “dialogue at all levels” to seek solutions for repairing the broken relationship between humanity and nature.
In Bahrain, pope calls for full religious freedom, no death penalty
Pope Francis is the first pope to visit this archipelago nation in the Persian Gulf, where the highlights will be meeting the small, predominantly expatriate Christian community and promoting the importance of interreligious dialogue.
Pope launches video campaign to highlight dialogue with migrants, refugees
As the church prepares to commemorate the World Day of Migrants and Refugees in September, Pope Francis launched a video campaign meant to highlight the spiritual and cultural contributions that migrants bring to people’s lives.
Dialogue prevents religious extremism, pope tells Jewish group
Christianity and Judaism, the pope told the group, both “bid us address disagreements, differences and conflicts, not in a confrontational way, but without prejudice, with peaceful intentions and with the aim of finding areas of agreement acceptable to all.”
Kazakhstan president welcomes bishops of Central Asia at first meeting
Kazakhstan’s president was aware that the newly created bishops’ conference meeting was held during the yearlong observance of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Kazakhstan and the Holy See.
Pope says no trip to Kyiv, meeting with Russian patriarch canceled
The meeting between the pope and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow planned for June has been canceled out of concern it could cause “confusion,” and there will be no papal visit to Kyiv while war rages.
Dialogue is best antidote to extremism, pope tells Iraqi Christian leaders
Pope Francis paid tribute to Iraqi Christians martyred in recent times by extremists purporting to act in the name of Islam.